Overview
Seth Huffstetler is a corporate attorney who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and general corporate matters.
He has represented:
- A private insurance brokerage in multiple acquisitions of other businesses.
- A private equity-backed professional services firm in multiple acquisitions.
- A private insurance brokerage firm in debt and equity recapitalization transactions with values ranging from $1.3 billion to $2.3 billion.
- ONE Brands in its $397 million acquisition by the Hershey Company.
- A family office in the buyout of joint venture partners in a food processing and packaging business.
- A private textile company in its acquisition by the company's employee stock ownership plan.
- A private holding company in the tax-free split-off of a manufacturing business to a group of the holding company's shareholders.
Experience
- Represented a private equity fund in multiple platform acquisitions.
- Represented a private construction insurance broker in its acquisition by a publicly traded retail insurance broker.
- Represented a commercial real estate developer in the disposition of a $650 million portfolio of projects through one integrated corporate transaction.
- Represented High Point Bank Corp. in its merger with BNC Bancorp.
- Represented the special committee of the board of directors of First Citizens Bancorporation in the company's merger into First Citizens BancShares.
- Represented a private construction insurance broker in its joint venture with a publicly traded retail insurance broker.
- Represented a private country club in its acquisition by a private owner and operator of golf clubs.
- Implemented profits interest plans and other incentive compensation arrangements for companies in various industries.
Affiliations
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Taxation Section
- North Carolina Bar Association, Business Law Section, Tax Section
News & Events
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Practice Areas
Education
New York University, LL.M., Taxation, 2005; Graduate Editor, Tax Law Review
Duke University, J.D., 2003
Duke University, B.A., cum laude, 1998
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina